Sindh issues threat alert, names likely terrorist targets in Karachi

February 25, 2017, 10:08 AM IST

Karachi [Pakistan]: The Sindh Home Department on Thursday issued a notification listing areas of Karachi which could be the next targets of the terrorists.

The News, reports that the notification stated that Sindh High Court, Empress Market, Sindh Assembly, Zainab Market, markets located at M.A.Jinnah Road and the restaurants located at Do Darya, could next be targeted.

Pakistan has witnessed a recent spate of terrorist attacks in the country taking place in Peshawar, Sehwan Sharif, Charsadda and Lahore. In the past ten days, more than 100 Pakistanis have been killed in terrorist attacks across the country.

On Thursday, a bomb blast in Lahore killed 8 people and injured 17 others.

Last week, a suicide attack on the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan killed over 80 people (ANI)